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An Andy Warhol image of an old-fashioned Coca-Cola bottle sold for $35.36 million at a Sotheby%u2019s auction of post-war art.
The sale of 54 works raised $222.4 million including commissions, Reuters reported. Ninety-one percent of the works found a buyer.

At a Sotheby's contemporary art auction, Andy Warhol work Self-Portrait garnered a record $32.6 million price. It wasn't the only record breaker at the sale, signalling the buyers' returning confidence in the market.

After a year and a half of art market anguish, there are signs of a comeback, with the tone set by Lucian Freud's black eye. The coming wave of contemporary art auctions are estimated to be 68% higher than last year, bringing a renewed hope to collectors around the world.